Fond memories of the family dining together have inspired one head’s vision of a new dining room.

Louise Dwyer, headteacher at Trinity Catholic College and Sixth Form, has reflected on her own happy mealtimes in a £1m plan which will transform the Middlesbrough school.

“In my childhood the most important conversations took place when we were eating together,” she said.

“I wanted to recreate that home dining experience, a happy time together with friends and colleagues and a sense of togetherness.

“It struck me when I first arrived that there was no real dining experience, everything was grab and go and fast-paced.”

1,500 pupils currently study at the school and sixth form, which is one of Middlesbrough’s largest.

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